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Rachel Reeves said Environmental Impact Assessments would be replaced by Environmental Outcome Reports (PA)
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Environmental assessment system to be replaced amid development drive: UK’s Reeves

Environmental assessments for building homes and infrastructure will be replaced with a new system as the government seeks to cut red tape.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston arrives for a first ministers meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Fishers worried by N.S. premier’s musings over lifting oil-exploration moratorium

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia seafood industry representatives voiced concerned Thursday over comments from the premier that he’s open to ending a moratorium on...

FILE PHOTO: An employee sifts diamonds at a diamond cutting and polishing factory in Surat, Gujarat March 3, 2009.  REUTERS/Arko Datta/File Photo
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India’s NMDC to extract diamonds worth $3.4 million from mine near tiger reserve

NMDC in India is expected to extract 6,500 carats of diamonds, worth $3.4 million, this fiscal year from ores in a mine near...

Indonesia opened its carbon exchange to international buyers on Monday, aiming to raise funds to help meet ambitious domestic climate goals (AFP)
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Indonesia launches international carbon exchange

Indonesia launches a carbon exchange for global buyers, seeking funds to achieve ambitious climate goals.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Evan Vucci
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Tariffs, deportations and ‘drill, baby, drill’: What to watch for as Trump returns

The looming threat of devastating tariffs slapped against Canada hangs over Trump's return to the White House on Monday.

Sheep graze on a solar farm owned by SB Energy on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Buckholts, Texas. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work

The booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot in sheep as large-scale solar farms crop up across the U.S.

A Canadian flag gracefully blowing in the wind against a clear blue sky, showcasing its red maple leaf and white background.
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Four of Canada’s biggest banks leave climate alliance

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance aims to accelerate climate action among financial institutions.

The sun sets behind an oil drilling rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on March 17, 2011.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Republican-led states sue Biden administration over offshore drilling ban

Republican-led states sue over Biden's ban on new offshore oil and gas projects along most U.S. coastlines.

Flames and smoke from a fire fill the sky at the Moss Landing Power Plant Thursday Jan. 16, 2025 in Moss Landing, Calif. (Shmuel Thaler /The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)
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A battery plant fire in California started during a boom for energy storage

A major California battery plant fire burned thousands of lithium batteries, a growing renewable energy source.

FILE PHOTO: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum speaks in the spin room, ahead of the debate between Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
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Trump’s Interior Department nominee says boosting energy key to US security

Doug Burgum will vigorously pursue Trump’s goals of maximizing energy production from America’s public lands and waters.

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